Bridle-bit



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W. T. OOBURN. BRIDLE BIT.

No. 498,106. Patented May 23, 1893.-'

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,106, dated May 23, 1893.

Application filed February 11, 1893. Serial No. 461,862. (No modeltl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. COBURN, of Laramie, in the county of Albany and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and Improved Bridle-Bit, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in bridles and bits, and especially to bits which are adapted for use in riding and driving horses.

The object of my invention is to produce a verysimple, strong, and inexpensive bit which, under ordinary circumstances, is very easy to the mouth of the horse but which, when necessary, is very severe and enables the horse to be easily controlled.

A further object of my invention is to improve the bridle and driving reins so that they may operate in connection with the bit to assist in the easy regulation of the bit and control of the horse.

To these ends my invention consists in the particular construction and arrangementof parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the bit and bridle as applied to a horse; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the bit and the immediately adjacent parts of the bridle and reins which connect with the bit.

The bit 10 is a joint bit, having the two side sections 11 which are substantially of the usual shape and which are jointed together in the middle of the bit in the customary manner, as shown at 12. The outer end of each section 11 terminates in a post 13 extending right angles to the section 11 and adapted to lie against the cheek of a horse,

the post having at its upper and lower ends and on its outer sides keepers 14, through which passes the round portion 15 forming the connection between the cheek pieces 16 of the bridle and the reins 17. The bridle and reins are exactly of the usual kind, with the exception of these round portions 15 which connect the reins and cheek pieces, so that each cheek piece and rein form a single piece and the round portion is adapted to slide through the keepers of the bit. On the front portion of each post and at the lower end is a perforated lug 17 adapted to receive a snap hook 18, or other fastening device, at the lower end of one of the straps of the head check 19.

The bit is applied in the usual way, and under ordinary circumstances it is very easy to the horses mouth, but if the horse pulls too hard so that a heavy strain is brought to bear upon the reins 17, the round portions 15 of the reins slide through the keepers 14, or rather the keepers slide on the round portions of the reins sothat the bit is thrown upward in the horses mouth, the upper ends of the posts 13 being thrown forward and the bit brought into position to bear more effectively on the mouth so as to enable the horse to be controlled.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 4 As an improved article of manufacture, a bridle bit having posts projecting at rightangles therefrom, said posts being provided at their ends with rein receiving keepers, and at one end with perforated check receiving lugs on their front portions, as set forth.

WILLIAM T. COBURN. Witnesses:

(J; E.-CARPENTER, D. W. SYKEs. 

